Comments | morsefan: Interlude for a meme

morsefan

Interlude for a meme

May 25, 2005 22:34

I’ve actually been looking forward to doing this, and even though I should be working (I just received email instructions from Evan - but I was so glad to hear from him, I honestly don’t care!), I’m going to go with it. I was first tagged by sbroadway and now closh2 has reminded me I need to do this.

1. Total number of books owned?Hundreds. A lot. Ask me how ( Read more... )

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eleanor May 25 2005, 20:48:50 UTC

You've read Sayers and Chesterton, I assume. They are the two great Catholic mystery writers, IMO, although of course they both worked outside the mystery genre as well.

morsefan May 25 2005, 20:55:38 UTC

Can you believe it!?! I've really never read much of either. Now, I did read a few Lord Peter Wimsey novels, but no Chesterton. As far as the latter is concerned, so many people have been after me to do it that they are starting to talk me into it. Of course, as you point out, that's bizarre, but one thing about me is that just because I "should" do something or it would "make sense" for me to do something does not mean it will happen. It has to be "the moment" for me to read something; I never can just because I have a recommendation or something. People hate that, because they like to buy me books.

eleanor May 26 2005, 06:31:37 UTC

I think you'd love them both. I'm very eager to hear your opinons of them when you get around to them.

morsefan May 27 2005, 01:27:43 UTC

Maybe I'll finally take advantage of the Barnes and Noble here. I'm getting so many votes for Chesterton, it's getting tough to ignore!

maulikt May 25 2005, 21:29:15 UTC

That's a LOT of books! Do you use the library much?

morsefan May 27 2005, 01:28:54 UTC

I do (wink!), but I am the absolute worst about taking things back timely. One of my worst faults, that I really have been working on, is getting organized about things like that (and paying bills on time . . .). Uh, that's not why I own so many books, but it is why they don't strike me as all that expensive of investments.

maulikt May 27 2005, 09:06:05 UTC

That makes sense actually. I'm pretty bad about that stuff too :)

And anyway, there are far worse vices than buying *too many* books :)

morsefan May 27 2005, 10:30:13 UTC

One bad thing about it, though, is that it is like the acquisition of too many of any type of material thing: you have to store them, which means you need bigger house, bigger neighborhood, bigger everything!

a1an May 25 2005, 23:14:01 UTC

what is your opinion of How the catholic church saved western civilization? it's a new book, i think (not by cahill, but by a RC)

morsefan May 27 2005, 01:30:00 UTC

I just saw that in the bookstore today, totally by accident, and said, "hey! That's the book kornelios mentioned!" It does look good, and I jotted down the author's name in case I spend too much on souvenirs that I can't buy books here . . .

josparke May 26 2005, 04:18:17 UTC

on a Benny 16 reading kick? ;>

justicewood May 26 2005, 11:58:24 UTC

I just finished reading "Franny and Zooey," I'm still trying to figure out what I think about it.

morsefan May 27 2005, 01:32:30 UTC

I'm not sure it's something that you would necessarily have clear emotions about at first, so your response does make sense. I think there are a lot of people who feel they "should" like Salinger or don't really get what he's doing (hmm, do I?) and they have these powerful "YESSSS!" feelings really fast. And we should bear in mind that there are definitely times in Salinger's work that, in all fairness, I'm not sure he knows what he's doing. He is not an easy man.

morsefan May 27 2005, 01:30:24 UTC

What would make you think that (wink!)?

You said don't ask, but now tell (-: jonyungk October 27 2005, 04:05:44 UTC

You wrote:

"Ask me how many videos I own. No, don’t!"

Too late.

How many videos do you have? And what do your tastes gravitate toward? Any favorites that you remember offhand? Any recent favorites you got to see when the chain to your desk magically loosed itself from your ankle as the Apostle Peter's did in his cell and you were free to go? (-:

jy

Re: You said don't ask, but now tell (-: morsefan October 27 2005, 11:53:30 UTC

Laughs! You're in, BTW. Now you get to read the trials and tribulations of dealing with about ten pianists who act like marbles rolling all over the place (chuckle!). Actually, my interview notes for Roberto Plano (and to a certain extent Alexander Kobrin, though I was really sick when I wrote them) are fairly interesting. It has been amazing to me how these young fellows do not say what you expect AT ALL ( ... )